Warnings in place through the Severn Estuary and the south coast but also lots of Surface Water around. Looking at the Rainfall Accumulation Charge for the rest of the week, for most areas we expect 20 to 30 millimetres of rain, across North West England the west and wales we could see 70 to 80 millimetres to the rest of the week. Parts of the South East Of England had seen their average march rainfall by the 12th of the month. It has been a wet week, it will stay wetter, we have seen rain today pushing further east, it is clearing away from east anglia and kent through the rest of the afternoon. Lots of low cloud and mist, some showery outbreaks too. Further north dry but lots of low cloud, the best of any brightness across Northern Areas of scotland. A brisk South Westerly Winds and temperatures now or 13 degrees the south. This evening and overnight, a couple of Weather Fronts bring more heavy rain, further south and east it is drier, lots of low cloud and very mild temperatures exp
More food into the besieged enclave. A us military ship is also sailing towards the middle east, carrying equipment to build a temporary pier off the coast of gaza which has no Functioning Port to get aid there by sea. Israel has been accused of preventing aid getting into gaza, and us President Joe Biden says Benjamin Netanyahus conduct in the war is doing israel more harm than good. My colleague anna foster is in jerusalem and gave us this update. First of all, to the Skies Above Gaza and these pictures that show the latest drop of aid that has been carried out by Us Central Command and also by thejordanian air force as well. This is the latest air drop into gaza, which provided, they said, meals more than 11,500 meal equivalents. Things like food, including rice, flour, pasta and canned food. Weve seen these air drops really starting to increase over gaza in the last two weeks or so, since the us air force also got involved. But of course it is still nowhere near to meeting the huge
Many of the top awards. The budget the government unveiled on wednesday has left the Shadow Chancellor with a major headache. Jeremy hunt cut National Insurance by 2 pence for the second time in six months, as well as stealing two of labours revenue raising policies. The party had planned to use these to Fund Breakfast clubs in schools and reduce nhs Waiting Lists, if it wins the next election. Earlier, the Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves spoke to the bbc s Laura Kuennsberg about how they plan to raise money now, and began by discussing her plans to create a National Wealth fund. Yes. We have committed to an extension of workers rights, including banning zero hour contracts, getting rid of fire and rehire and having a real minimum wage. Obviously, the low Pay Commission will set that, but this is a big extension of the rights of working people, because if an economy is not working for working people, its not working at all. And at the moment, too many people are stuck in insecure, pre